Publications by Jackson Braz Marcinichen

Thermal-Hydraulic Characterization of a Thermosyphon Cooling System for Highly Compact Edge MicroDataCenter

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Gautier Marie Pierre Rouaze

In the European project BRAINE, an extremely efficient passive thermosyphon cooling system was developed for a novel type of Edge MicroDataCenter (EMDC) with high heat fluxes to dissipate on individual computer cards and high heat dissipation rate per unit ...

ASME2024

Simulation and experimental validation of pulsating heat pipes

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Filippo Cataldo, Philippe Aubin

The one-dimensional transient numerical code of JJ Cooling Innovation has been significantly improved to simulate the thermal/hydraulic performance of pulsating heat pipes (PHPs). Using a mechanistic approach, the liquid slug and vapor plug flows and their ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2021

Hybrid Two-Phase Cooling Technology For Next-Generation Servers: Thermal Performance Analysis

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Raffaele Luca Amalfi, Filippo Cataldo

This paper advances the work presented at ITHERM 2020 where a novel passive two-phase technology was introduced for more efficient cooling of datacenters compared to air-based cooling solutions (e.g. In-Room, In-Row, etc.). The proposed hybrid two-phase co ...

IEEE2021

Operational Map And Thermal Performance Of A Thermosyphon Cooling System For Compact Servers

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Raffaele Luca Amalfi, Filippo Cataldo

This paper advances the state-of-the-art in novel passive two-phase systems for more efficient cooling of datacenters and telecom central offices compared to the traditional air-based cooling solutions (e.g. aisle-based containment systems). The proposed p ...

AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS2021

Compact Thermosyphon Cooling System For High Heat Flux Servers: Validation Of Thermosyphon Simulation Code Considering New Test Data

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Raffaele Luca Amalfi, Filippo Cataldo

Passive, gravity-driven thermosyphons represent a stepchange in technology towards the goal of greatly reducing PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) of datacenters by replacing energy hungry fans of air-cooling approach with a highly-reliable solution able to d ...

AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS2021

Novel pulsating heat pipe for high density power data centres: performance and flow regime analysis

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Raffaele Luca Amalfi, Filippo Cataldo

With the advancement of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and 5G telecommunications, where computational rate is constantly pushing its limits, highly efficient and reliable cooling devices are starting to become an overly critical factor. Not o ...

IEEE2021

Design Of Passive Two-Phase Thermosyphons For Server Cooling

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Raffaele Luca Amalfi, Filippo Cataldo

The main objective of this paper is to utilize an improved version of the simulator presented at InterPACK 2017 to design a thermosyphon system for energy-efficient heat removal from 2-U servers used in high-power datacenters. Currently, between 25% and 45 ...

AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS2020

Experimental Characterization of Different Condenser Technologies in a Passive Two-Phase Cooling System for Thermal Management of Electronics

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Raffaele Luca Amalfi, Chiara Falsetti

Passive two-phase, micro-channel cooling for thermal management of electronics represents an efficient and viable solution to augment conventional air-cooling systems with the potential for higher power dissipation densities, increased reliability, reduced ...

IEEE2019

Numerical Simulations of Pulsating Heat Pipes, Part 1: Modeling

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Brian Paul D'Entremont, Raffaele Luca Amalfi, Filippo Cataldo, Philippe Aubin

The pulsating nature of a closed loop pulsating heat pipe (CLPHP) makes the prediction of its thermal-hydraulic performance extremely challenging. Unfortunately, the design of CLPHPs is still quite an empirical process, requiring testing of many prototypes ...

IEEE2019

Numerical Simulations of Pulsating Heat Pipes, Part 2: Comparison to Experimental Data

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Raffaele Luca Amalfi, Filippo Cataldo, Philippe Aubin

Due to the local pulsating/transient nature and complex thermal-hydraulic coupling of a closed loop pulsating heat pipe (CLPHP), there is a need to develop an effective simulation code capable to design and predict the local and overall thermal performance ...

IEEE2019

Role of a Liquid Accumulator in a Passive Two-Phase Liquid Cooling System for Electronics: Experimental Analysis

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Nicolas Lamaison, Raffaele Luca Amalfi

2018

Two-phase mini-thermosyphon electronics cooling: Dynamic modeling, experimental validation and application to 2U servers

John Richard Thome, Chin Lee Ong, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Nicolas Lamaison

Gravity-driven cooling systems employing microchannel flow boiling can become a scalable and viable long term solution for the cooling of datacenter servers. In order to design this emerging type of cooling system, a new dynamic simulation tool using inter ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2017

Two-Phase Mini-Thermosyphon For Cooling Of Datacenters: Experiments, Modeling And Simulations

John Richard Thome, Chin Lee Ong, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Nicolas Lamaison, Raffaele Luca Amalfi

Nowadays, datacenters heat density dissipation follows an exponential increasing trend that is reaching the heat removal limits of the traditional air-cooling technology. Two-phase cooling implemented within a gravity-driven system represents a scalable an ...

Amer Soc Mechanical Engineers2017

Role Of A Liquid Accumulator In A Passive Two-Phase Liquid Cooling System For Electronics: Experimental Analysis

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Nicolas Lamaison, Raffaele Luca Amalfi

Gravity-driven two-phase liquid cooling systems using flow boiling within micro-scale evaporators are becoming a game changing solution for electronics cooling. The optimization of the system's filling ratio can however become a challenging problem for a s ...

Amer Soc Mechanical Engineers2017

Two-Phase Mini-Thermosyphon Electronics Cooling, Part 4: Application to 2U Servers

John Richard Thome, Chin Lee Ong, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Nicolas Lamaison

This paper is the fourth part of the present study on two-phase mini-thermosyphon cooling. As mentioned in the first three parts, gravity-driven cooling systems using microchannel flow boiling can become a long-term scalable solution for cooling of datacen ...

Ieee2016

Two-Phase Mini-Thermosyphon Electronics Cooling, Part 3: Transient Modeling and Experimental Validation

John Richard Thome, Chin Lee Ong, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Nicolas Lamaison

This paper is the third part of the present study on two-phase mini-thermosyphon cooling systems. As mentioned in the first two parts, gravity-driven cooling systems using microchannel flow boiling are a very promising long-term viable solution for electro ...

Ieee2016

Two-Phase Mini-Thermosyphon Electronics Cooling, Part 2: Model and Steady-State Validations

John Richard Thome, Chin Lee Ong, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Nicolas Lamaison

In the present study, a simulation code specifically developed to evaluate the thermal-hydraulic performance of thermosyphon cooling loops is validated through the experimental results obtained in the Part 1. It considers levels of heat load conventionally ...

Ieee2016

Two-Phase Mini-Thermosyphon Electronics Cooling, Part 1: Experimental Investigation

John Richard Thome, Chin Lee Ong, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Nicolas Lamaison

Efficient, small, state-of-the-art passive cooling two-phase systems, i.e. advanced micro-thermosyphon cooling systems, are viable solutions for high performance datacenter servers and power electronics cooling applications. The objective of this study is ...

Ieee2016

Working fluid charge reduction. Part II: Supercritical CO2 gas cooler designed for light commercial appliances

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen

The present study focused on the thermal hydraulic performance improvement of a CO2 gas cooler with the principal goal of reducing its volume, and consequently the necessary charge of the working fluid. To achieve this compactness, the leading methods for ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2016

Working fluid charge reduction, part 1: CO2 fin-tube evaporator designed for light commercial appliances utilizing flow pattern based phenomenological prediction models

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen

The present study focused on improving the thermal performance of CO2 evaporators while reducing their volume and thus significantly reducing the working fluid charge. To achieve this, the leading two-phase flow pattern and physically-based prediction mode ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2016